From Chief to Ball

"This is the saber of every military leader of the tribe in the future. As long as our blood is passed down in this world for a day, this sword belongs to the leader who leads us to defeat the enemy."

"As you can see, this sword has no edge, and it seems that it can't kill people. But each of you, everyone who can hold an ax and spear, is the edge of this sword."

"I hope that when this sword is raised, even if there are fierce tigers as high as mountains and poisonous snakes as long as rivers in front of you, you will rush up and become the sharp edge of this sword, cutting them in two."

"Without you, this sword is nothing. Because without you, this sword has no edge. But with you, the edge of this sword can have ten steps, hundreds of steps, or even thousands of steps .”

"I hope every military leader can remember that his brothers of the same clan are the sharp edge of the sword."

"Now this sword is known to no one but us, but the meteorite tribe is in the direction of the rising sun, and the scalping tribe is in the direction of deeper snow. These two tribes will be the first drop that this sword will drink Blood. Because they may scalp us, they may force us to pay them food, but we won’t give them, so we will definitely beat them.”

"I hope that one day, this sword will have its own story. Every enemy who sees this sword raised will throw down the weapon and run away in a hurry, because they know that the edge of this sword will cut everything, even The sword is still in its sheath."

He looked at all the clansmen and asked loudly: "For the sake of women's hairpins that never see blood, for the sake of men's thrushes that can laugh, for the sake that fish intestines will never be hidden in the belly of fish, and for the sake of wielding the sickle that can be planted in all Maidou's place, are you willing to make this edgeless blade?"

Holding up the dark and edgeless sword, pointing at the winter sun, the men shouted in unison, as if they had condensed an indestructible blade, even the cold wind would split it.

Before them are five weapons that have no stories, but they believe that one day, these will become five weapons with stories, which will be handed down to future generations, just like the legends of their ancestors.

Chapter 37 Snow

The five weapons were not all sent to the sacrificial hall, but handed over to the old grandmother for safekeeping.

When sacrifices are needed, they will be taken out, but usually the fish intestine sword has become the first kitchen knife in the clan. Chen Jian has also fulfilled his promise, and the clansmen eat fish fillets as thin as cicada wings, no longer stone knives Cut out pieces of meat.

Thrushes are used to shave, or cut messy hair neatly.Women learned to trim their eyebrows and twist the hairs on their faces by making slipknots with twine.

The remaining three handles are temporarily placed in the sacrificial hall and will not be used for the time being.

It's snowing, so many things can't be done.

Although the Caohe River was not frozen, there was some ice, which made it impossible for boats to sail.

The copper mine is too far away, and it is impossible to transport much livestock with this amount of livestock, so it can only be transported by water.It is difficult to peel off the birch bark in winter, and there is no way to prepare enough boats.

The Meteor tribe in the east is not a big threat for the time being. It is not suitable for fighting in winter. It is easy to lose temperature and die after being injured. It is not wise to fight unless you will starve to death if you don't fight.

There are also many things to deal with in the tribe. The women are pregnant and need someone to take care of them.

Ewes and horned deer are also pregnant. Because of feeding and abundant food, these animals also have earlier estrus, and may give birth before winter has passed.Someone has to watch this, as newborn lambs are covered in amniotic fluid, and born prematurely may freeze to death before the ewe licks up the amniotic fluid.

In addition, the management after the snow melts in the wheat fields, the burning of charcoal to prepare for copper smelting, etc., all require time and manpower.

The tribe can't afford to support full-time soldiers for the time being, and everything must take into account the reality, and the reality is often helpless, and even wars are not fought whenever they want.

Of course, there is plenty to do when it snows.

A few days after the snowfall, Chen Jian led his tribe to cut down a tree, made some single-person snow sledges, and put them on the horned deer.

He wants to take advantage of the heavy snow to go to the north to see, no matter whether the tribe in the north clicks on the wheel technology or still rides horses, such weather is not suitable for action.The tribe's snow sledge and horned deer are the best means of transportation in this weather.

Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to survive a hundred battles.

He wants to determine the strength of the tribe in the north, is it a primitive nomadic settlement?Or has formed a small Xingbang?Is the yellow race?Or other races?How far is it from your own tribe?Was it chasing aquatic plants and came here by chance?Or have you settled here?

The best shooter among the four tribes was selected. Chen Jian did not carry Wufeng, but only a bow and arrow and a stone axe.He wants to take people to see the tribe himself.

One's own eyes can observe many situations, but letting others see may miss some important points. The scouts of the tribe are not qualified yet, and this operation is also needed to teach them how to use their own eyes.

The [-] selected people prepared the most charcoal and food, wore animal skins, and did not raise a flag.

It is especially important that charcoal fires do not produce thick smoke, which prevents them from being detected by the enemy.The thick smoke can be seen clearly from more than ten miles away.

The footprints left after the snow are the best clues. Even if the scalping tribe learns to ambush, such snow will always leave clues. Otherwise, if you search aimlessly, you will definitely find nothing.

A few days later, these 30 people finally arrived near the tribal cave where the scalp was found last time. There were no traces of people here, and several wild beasts occupied the cave that they dared not even approach.

After driving away those beasts, regardless of the smell, they lit charcoal inside and grilled food.

"Going forward, we may encounter that tribe at any time, so we have to be careful."

"But our sledge will leave marks." Wolfpi rubbed his hands, stood at the entrance of the cave, looked at the long marks on the snow outside, and shook his head.

"It depends on you. Brother, you bring a few people with me."

Chen Jian came out of the cave and came to the place where the horseshoe prints were found before. This is a meadow, and there is a dense forest not far away.

Those people who come on horseback will definitely not walk in the jungle. The wild jungles of this era are full of fallen thick trees, which will not completely rot, and will form a bag of dirt that is as tall as a person. It is difficult to walk through on horseback. Proceed along Meadow Valley.

"Several of you, climb up the tree and walk along the branches, sticking to the edge of the meadow."

These pine forests are very dense, and the branches are very close to each other. The dexterous bodies of the tribesmen can walk on them without leaving any footprints on the ground.

"Take eight people, two people in a team. Go forward for half a day, and leave one person to report back. We will follow behind. Once we find footprints and large hoof prints, we will come back as soon as possible."

Walking on the branches every day is not far away, but walking down every once in a while can completely hide the traces.

In the previous life, bandits in the north also used this method. Those who were the best at climbing trees could walk dozens of miles a day, completely hiding the traces of bandit dens.

Without footprints, the distance of fifty or sixty miles is enough for that tribe to find no traces, and they even think that the magic soldiers have descended from heaven.

The wolfpi understood, and first climbed to the branch of a pine tree, the distance between the branches of a completely primitive forest is very close.To be on the safe side, I also carried some hemp rope. If there was a break, I could swing it over.

Eight people who were best at tree climbing carried food and charcoal, and left quietly along the treetops.

Four days later, Chen Jian walked nearly 120 miles with the rest of the people.

A few people were left here to watch the horned deer, and they climbed the tree with the rest of them.

Because the wolf skins brought a message that smoke was found ahead.

Two days later, more than [-] people walked from the tree to the place where the wolf skin found the smoke.

Standing on a very tall pine tree, looking into the distance, there is a river, and on both sides of the river is a piece of snow without trees, it should be a grassland, or a wetland that is not suitable for the growth of trees.

You can only see the smoke, but you can't see the people there because it's too far away.

"Climb up the tree, circle around in the direction of the rising sun, and go over there."

He led people around the tree for a long time, and came down by a river, deliberately leaving footprints, as if these footprints suddenly appeared from the river.

Today is the fifteenth day of the family calendar, when there is no moon, looking at the flickering fire in the distance at night, it seems that there are quite a few people.

More than 20 people are still divided into a few people to walk in front, moving forward in the snow a little bit, try to walk along the mountain ridges on both sides of the valley, and would rather go around than walk in the flat valley.

When they finally approached the tribe, it was already the morning of the next day, and they were now on a hill near the settlement, only a few thousand steps away from the tribe.

When seeing this settlement with their own eyes, everyone panicked.